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Dave Smith

DAVE SMITH

  (1952 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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Born in Hamilton in 1952, I am married with 5 children. I live with Kay, my wife, in Tain in the Highlands. I have worked in touring theatre since 1985, before that I worked in arts/entertainment as a ceilidh band drummer, circus hand and an illustrator. Originally my theatre work was with Clown Jewels creating company devised productions. Since receiving my first full writing commission in 2000 I have found a career as a playwright and have gone on to form, with Euan Martin, our own writer-led theatre company, Right Lines Productions. I also direct, write and animate for my children's theatre company, Cartoon Theatre which is a combination of animation and live performance. I have led workshops in all these areas of work. I particularly enjoy working in the Highlands and servicing that widespread and diverse community. Our company received a Herald Angel award for its production of The Comic at the Edinburgh Festival. Our play Accidental Death of an Accordionist received the Arts and Business award. Gizzenbriggs, an animation produced by myself and pupils of TainAcademy was the winner of EngageScotland Art in Education award Whisky Kisses - the musical was the runner up in the Highland Quest, Cameron Macintosh, competition for a new Highland Musical and went on to become the 2014 flagship production at Pitlochry Festival Theatre

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         Accidental Death of an Accordionist         Be Silent or Be Killed         From These Parts         Great Tartan Haggis of Tooriebrochan!         Hard Pressed         Illicit         Rapid Departure         Watching Bluebottles - Life, Death and Village Halls         Wedding, The         Whisky Kisses         Who Bares Wins

Accidental Death of an Accordionist

Synopsis:
the legendary comedy ceilidh murder mystery theatre show! Enjoy a wild evening at 'Glengirnie Hall': live music, song, dancing - and murder! ' . . . red-blooded, rollicking farce . . . simply explodes with raw theatrical energy' (Joyce McMillan, Scotsman). www.mulltheatre.com

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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Right Lines Productions in Association With Mull Theatre

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Genre:
comedy murder mystery

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Be Silent or Be Killed

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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From These Parts

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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Great Tartan Haggis of Tooriebrochan!

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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Hard Pressed

Synopsis:
It is discovered that a Scottish cheese has aphrodisiac qualities

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Written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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Genre:
Comedy

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Illicit

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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Rapid Departure

Synopsis:
The surrounding area has been hit by a freak flood and the locals (the audience) are guided to the safety of the Village Hall, the designated Emergency Rest Centre. Environmental calamities are on the increase but are we prepared and how would we cope? Plunged into the fraught world of the rural Rest Centre, the evacuees and officials grapple with the ever-deepening crisis both outside the Hall - and in!

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

1st Produced:
Community Hall on The Isle of Eigg, Scotland    16 May 2015

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Right Lines Productions in Association With Mull Theatre

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Genre:
interactive comedy theatre show

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Watching Bluebottles - Life, Death and Village Halls

Synopsis:
One-man play Watching Bluebottles, offers a moving and entertaining insight into the life of a village hall-keeper. "Heaters, lights, keys. . . is that me done now?" the old hall-keeper recites his daily mantra as he prepares for one last bash - his own retirement party. After years of service behind the scenes, he turns the tables and takes us beyond his mundane duties to reveal a world of passion, pathos and life-changing experiences!

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

1st Produced:
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Scotland    23 Nov 2005

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Play/Drama

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Wedding, The

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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Whisky Kisses

Synopsis:
Two whisky collectors battle it out over the last bottle of a very rare malt

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Book And lyrics by Euan Martin, Dave Smith music by James Bryce

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Glenfiddich Distillery, Scotland    01 May 2010

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Genre:
Musical

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Who Bares Wins

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written by Euan Martin And Dave Smith

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